Parejo is one step away from his 50th game with Villarreal

Dani Parejo He is one step away from adding 50 official matches this season, which will mean that he will complete his second best record of matches in his sports career. At 32 years old, the midfielder has 49 official matches, which makes him the player most used by Unai Emery this season. The Madrid footballer exceeds 45 matches of Moi gomez, 43 of Raul Albiol and the 40 who have disputed Samu chukweze Y Pau Torres.

These 49 matches of Parejo are divided into 33 of League, five of Copa del Rey and 11 of Europa League; in which he has played 33 as a starter in the league, one as a starter in the Copa del Rey, and nine Europa League games.

Focusing on the rest of the campaigns, if he adds one more games, this would be the second season with the most official games, since in addition to equaling the second best record in history, he will have three more games to overcome it. The campaign with the most matches for the Madrid midfielder was 18-19 with 56 official matches with Valencia and 4,697 minutes, the second is the 15-16 campaign with 50 official games and 4,089 minutes, and his third best record is that of the current season with 49 games and 3,906 minutes.

Parejo can reach 53 games, being for now a starter in 43 of the forty-nine games played, so he has only stopped being a starter in six games. Of course, in the three remaining days, it is to a suspension card.